12-13-2021, 05:13 AM
(12-13-2021, 04:23 AM)Mav link Wrote:It's nonsense to try to aggregate the risk of vaccinated people passing on Covid in order to say unvaccinated people are no longer a problem.
Forget about aggregation. If the average unvaccinated person is more likely to catch and infect others with Covid than the average vaccinated person (and yes, a lot of work has to be done in assessing those risks), that's a reasonable basis to impose mandates and the like.
The CDC reports that only 28% of fatal accidents in the US involve alcohol impairment. As sober drivers are 3 times more likely to be involved in fatal accidents, does that mean we shouldn't try to keep drunk drivers off the road? Maybe it would be better to concentrate on the increased risk of an alcohol-affected driver being involved in a collision compared to a sober driver rather than the aggregate statistics.
I'm certainly not suggesting that (in bold)...
There seems to be a bit of a line of thinking that if you mention vaccinated folk spread covid you're helping promote the philosophies of the unvaccinated.
In actual fact having some confusion over the fact that you're still at risk is surely a dangerous practice...it leads to a false sense of security.
Folks should be aware of all the issues surrounding the disease and vaccines.
In a situation that changes day by day anyone who thinks they have all the answers probably needs to take a pause.
Advice can change quickly.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-11/b.../100693484
Quote:"There is no evidence to suggest, at the moment, that an earlier booster does of the current covid-19 vaccines, will augment the protection against the omicron variant," Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said on December 3.
But much more has been learned about the Omicron variant since then, including its transmissibility, and the advice has now been changed.
Omicron has thrown into question some of the strategies and effectiveness used with the Delta strain, just as Delta meant a change from previous strains (need for boosters).
The next variant might present even more challenges.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/how...hp&pc=U531
"Get vaccinated, get your boosters" is the best current advice...but the challenge remains that there is still a lot of work needed to stay ahead of this thing.

